A piece of Jean's letter that is really important:

[Heather Wood]

This is being excerpted as the original letter has gotten a bit buried
by comments.

I think this anecdotal information from a neighbor who is regularly in
contact with others is vital as many of us haven't experienced
significant problems from the Adult School and feel somewhere between
empathy for the students and simple apathy in regard to the admittance
of the Community Day School.

This information should inform of us what is already happening at the
Adult School that BUSD isn't taking responsibility for and suggests a
real cause for concern by the neighbors should more High Risk students
be accepted:


"Since the Adult School has been there, there have already been
thuggish
kids causing problems for neighbors who live on the perimeter of the
Adult
School. My neighbor who lives across from the side entrance to the
parking
lot on Virginia street has regularly had to walk through a group of
students
cussing at him to get into his house while they sit on the sidewalk
smoking
and blaring their music on his doorstep. His house has been robbed.
The
police suspected that the elevated Adult School classrooms across the
street
have students casing it and calling their robber friends when he goes
out.
He says he will move away if the Community Day School goes in.
Apparently
the guys who own Cafe Leila on San Pablo invited Mayor Tom Bates to
come sit
outside their cafe at a specific time when classes let out so he
could
witness the predictable daily violent fights on the sidewalk in front
of the
Adult School parking lot. The Adult School has almost zero security
staff.
I've heard there is an illegal pot distribution place operating near
the
BAS. Before you vote on this, there needs to be a study of crime
temptations
in the area for the CDS students as well as the risk they pose after
school
hours when they are unsupervised in the neighborhood."